A new development in virtual cameras at the University of Abertay Dundee, UK, is developing the pioneering work of James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar using a Nintendo Wii-like motion controller  all for less than $150.

Want to experience life as James Bond does? Then you can jump from the famous Goldeneye Bungee Jump at the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland. It is one of the tallest bungee jumps in the world at 200meters (720ft).

James L. Houghteling was a man who made lots of money in banking and real estate. When business associate Potter Palmer began inviting his friends to join him in building homes among the sand banks on the city's near north side in the early 1880s, Houghteling took the call and built himself, and his family, a fine home on the recently laid out Banks Street.